Barry Ackroyd

Biography

Barry Ackroyd (born 12 May 1954) is an English cinematographer and director. Ackroyd has frequently worked with directors Ken Loach and Paul Greengrass. He worked on Kathryn Bigelow's 2008 war film, The Hurt Locker, and with Greengrass on the critically acclaimed 2013 biographical thriller Captain Phillips, the former earning him a BAFTA Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography. In 2014, Ackroyd became the president of the British Society of Cinematographers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Ackroyd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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A House of Dynamite

(2025) "A" Camera Operator

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The Newsroom

(2012) Camera Operator

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The Old Guard 2

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The Big Short

(2015) Director of Photography

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Contraband

(2012) Director of Photography

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The Hurt Locker

(2008) Director of Photography

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Green Zone

(2010) Camera Operator

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Jason Bourne

(2016) Director of Photography

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2016	Cafe Regular	The Nest 2016-01-16 Movie
2006	N/A	Carry On Ken 2006-01-01 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2025	Director of Photography	A House of Dynamite 2025-10-02 Movie
	"A" Camera Operator	A House of Dynamite 2025-10-02 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Old Guard 2 2025-07-01 Movie
2024	Director of Photography	The Sympathizer 2024-04-14 TV Show
2022	Director of Photography	Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody 2022-12-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Nicholas Brothers: Stormy Weather 2022-06-11 Movie
2021	Director of Photography	Sweet Girl 2021-08-18 Movie
2020	Director of Photography	The Old Guard 2020-07-09 Movie
2019	Director of Photography	Bombshell 2019-12-13 Movie
	Camera Operator	Bombshell 2019-12-13 Movie
2018	Director of Photography	Outlaw King 2018-09-06 Movie
2017	Director of Photography	Detroit 2017-07-28 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Last Face 2017-01-11 Movie
2016	Director of Photography	Jason Bourne 2016-07-27 Movie
2015	Director of Photography	The Big Short 2015-12-11 Movie
	Director of Photography	Dark Places 2015-04-08 Movie
2013	Director of Photography	Captain Phillips 2013-10-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	Parkland 2013-10-02 Movie
	Director of Photography	Dr. Easy 2013-06-20 Movie
2012	Camera Operator	The Newsroom 2012-06-24 TV Show
	Director of Photography	The Angels' Share 2012-06-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Contraband 2012-01-12 Movie
2011	Director of Photography	Coriolanus 2011-02-14 Movie
2010	Director of Photography	The Special Relationship 2010-05-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	Green Zone 2010-03-11 Movie
	Camera Operator	Green Zone 2010-03-11 Movie
2009	Director of Photography	Looking for Eric 2009-05-27 Movie
2008	Director of Photography	The Hurt Locker 2008-10-10 Movie
2007	Director of Photography	Battle in Seattle 2007-09-07 Movie
2006	Director of Photography	The Wind That Shakes the Barley 2006-06-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	United 93 2006-04-28 Movie
2005	Director of Photography	Gideon's Daughter 2005-10-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	Love + Hate 2005-09-13 Movie
2004	Director of Photography	Ae Fond Kiss... 2004-07-14 Movie
2003	Director of Photography	The Immortals 2003-11-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	Eroica 2003-10-04 Movie
	Camera Operator	Concert for George 2003-10-03 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Lost Prince 2003-01-19 TV Show
2002	Director of Photography	Sweet Sixteen 2002-09-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	Out of Control 2002-08-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	Sunday 2002-01-28 Movie
2001	Director of Photography	The Navigators 2001-09-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	Dust 2001-08-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	Very Annie Mary 2001-05-25 Movie
2000	Director of Photography	Bread and Roses 2000-09-14 Movie
1999	Director of Photography	The Escort 1999-11-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	Beautiful People 1999-09-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Lost Son 1999-06-25 Movie
	Camera Operator	Boogie Nights in Suburbia 1999-02-20 Movie
1998	Director of Photography	My Name is Joe 1998-05-15 Movie
1997	Director of Photography	Under the Skin 1997-11-28 Movie
	Director of Photography	Stella Does Tricks 1997-11-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	Amazing Grace 1997-01-01 Movie
1996	Director of Photography	Carla's Song 1996-10-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	Hillsborough 1996-09-11 Movie
1995	Director of Photography	Land and Freedom 1995-04-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	Life After Life 1995-04-02 Movie
1994	Director of Photography	Ladybird Ladybird 1994-02-18 Movie
1993	Director of Photography	Raining Stones 1993-09-09 Movie
1992	Director of Photography	Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer 1992-11-01 Movie
1991	Director of Photography	Riff-Raff 1991-06-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	Hunters and Bombers 1991-01-01 Movie
1989	Director of Photography	Time to Go 1989-05-09 Movie
1984	Focus Puller	Train of Thought 1984-09-29 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2007	Cinematography	Battle in Seattle 2007-09-07 Movie
2005	Cinematography	Friends & Crocodiles 2005-08-28 Movie
1997	Cinematography	Butterfly Man 1997-01-01 Movie
1996	Cinematography	Flowers of the Forest 1996-10-26 Movie
1995	Cinematography	Anne Frank Remembered 1995-06-08 Movie
1992	Cinematography	Too White for Me 1992-05-21 Movie
1987	Cinematography	Big George Is Dead 1987-10-01 Movie
1986	Cinematography	Inside the Labyrinth 1986-12-13 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1997	Director	Butterfly Man 1997-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv